For What Cause?

So what are the causes of Islamic militancy. A lot have been written. Many think that these militant groups are products of envy and resentment of Western capitalism and frustration over weakening of Islamic nations. Some resent the economic systems in their own countries which benefit a small minority while keeping the majority of the population mired in poverty. Often the route to success is to have political connections. Officials use their office to enrich themselves. They are increasingly passing on their privileged political and economic positions to their sons and daughters. Corruption is endemic. For many, who deserve a particular place in life, watching as corruption eats away at their social status and their standard of living, they revolt against these in various ways....

These may be some of the roots of the problems. What probably drives these people to be extremists is their recent leaning back towards religion in the midst of their frustrations. Many, although highly educated, even doctors and lawyers, lack true and coherent understanding of the religion. Their empty mind is like a vacuum, absorbing and exploiting what ever they could find to use as legitimate reasons. In many cases, these people are easily molded. And so there they are -they closed their minds completely to the victims of their acts. The thought hasn't occurred to them that God might not like what they are about to do. Inside, their brains are fired up with zeal, their soul transfixed. Many innocent lives lost. Inadvertently Muslims and Islam as a whole came under the wrong spotlight.